Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain and Digital Assets, Java

Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain and Digital Assets, Java

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We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Payments Blockchain technology team, you will play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering reliable, market-leading technology products with a focus on security, stability, and scalability.

As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops, designs and implements microservices architectures using industry-standard technologies and frameworks. Monitor and optimize the performance of microservices, ensuring high availability and responsiveness.
• Identifies opportunities to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Implements rigorous and thorough monitoring and testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Design blockchain solutions, such that it can support benchmark use‑cases of decentralized applications, with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for traditional distributed systems
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) – Java, JavaScript, Solidity, Python, Go
• Proficient in object‑oriented programming language. Hands‑on experience with application programming, backend API development and distributed microservices infrastructure
• Understanding of the cryptographic principles underpinning blockchain technologies such as encryption algorithms, key management, key wallets
• Demonstrated proficiency to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Experience in cloud infrastructure services such as Amazon, Google, or Microsoft

• Proficiency in developing blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Hyperledger
• Experience designing and writing smart contracts with Solidity using Hardhat, Truffle, Slither scanning etc
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, EKS, Docker Knowledge of Dev Ops practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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